1. Culture, Government, and People
13 Colonies
Culture, Government, and People

2. What was social life like in the colonies?
New England-village and church was the center of life
Middle-Different religions and lifestyles
Southern-Plantations, mansions, indentured servants
Few towns and cities
Few schools

3. What was the government in each region like?
New England-town meetings
Middle-market towns
Colonists would meet and discuss issues
Southern-counties
Spread out and rural; few cities or towns

4. People of the Regions Large landowners Farmers Mostly in the South
Relied on indentured servants and slave labor
Rich social culture
Farmers
Family worked the land
Worked the land according to the region

5. People Continued… Artisans Women
Worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantation
Lived in small villages and cities
Women
Caretakers, house workers, homemakers
Could not vote
Few chances for education

6. People continued… Indentured servants Slaves
Men and women who didn’t have enough money to come to the colonies
Worked for free for the person who paid for their passage to the colonies
Free when their contract was complete
Slaves
Captured in Africa and sold to slave traders
Owned as property; no rights
Born into slavery

7. Georgia